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gion was disbanded. After expeditions of various 

 kinds along the Danube, in Turkey, to Adrianople, 

 and along the Adriatic, he traded back, most of the 

 way on foot, until he reached Hamburgh, where, in 

 1815, he embarked for Philadelphia. Hence he 

 crossed over to the Ohio River, and in the State of 

 Mississippi, by five years' residence, and abjuring all 

 other allegiance, became a citizen of the United 

 States. Mexico obtained her independence, and he 

 moved on to that country, becoming, by due process 

 of law, a Mexican citizen. Here he established a 

 newspaper, which, during the presidency of Santa 

 Ana, became so conspicuous for its liberal opinions, 

 that one fine morning an officer waited upon him 

 with a paper containing permission for him to leave 

 the country " por el tiempo iiecessario," which being 

 translated, meant, not to return very soon. With 

 this he " sloped" for Texas, and became a citizen of 

 that young republic. It was strange in that remote 

 and secluded place to meet one from a region still 

 more distant and even less known, speaking every 

 language in Europe, familiar with every part of it, 

 with the history of every reigning family, the terri- 

 torial limits of every prince, and at the same time a 

 citizen of so many republics. 



His last allegiance was uppermost; his feelings 

 were all Texan, and he gave us many interesting 

 particulars touching the condition and prospects 

 of that country. He was, of course, soon at home 

 in the politics of Yucatan, and he had some lit- 



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